Book 26 - Chapter 6 – Intentional and Unintentional (1/2)

Book 26 Chapter 6 – Intentional and Unintentional

“I wonder which ga Ye is fa said, “Don’t use Ye this and Ye that [reatly unaccusto dice, also some dominoes, but my share was just to watch Ha! When I say ‘watch’, actually I watched people winning money from those fat sheep”

Lei Jiuzhi asked, “What kind of dice ga on two gates, eighteen gates, or is it counting the dots on individual die?”

Xu Ziling replied, “It’s the forates or sixteen [sic] gates Why do you ask those questions?”

Shrugging his shoulders, Lei Jiuzhi said, “No reason The real experts in playing dice ) tiles, Tien Gow] style to bet against each other Three dice combination can become all kinds of Tian Jiu Pai; winner and loser can be deter to Tian Jiu rules, it is a lot zhou also has several faamblers, our Yan Laoda was one of those, but he was never willing to teach us His favorite was using hollow dice; he poured mercury inside to cheat”

Lei Jiuzhi spoke disdainfully, “Dice that are rigged with ed dice’ Those who are a bit s the dice using net frole dot you’ll get single dot, you want double, you’ll get double But these are all considered low hand Real experts would use the technique of listening to the dice Relying on the sound the dice falling into the bowl, froainst each other and the friction of the dice against the bowl, one could tell the difference which surface, fro down, and deterhty-percent confidence”

Speechless, Xu Ziling said, “No wonder you win every bet”

Lei Jiuzhi said, “There’s no such thing as a sure-win technique in the world; swindlers can be exposed Watch this!”

Xu Ziling watched hie person; there were two ivory dice on the hollow of his pal, he said, “I have never been interested in predatory shady business If it were Kou Zhong, you can’t escape even if you don’t want to teach hi only need to think that this is so business on behalf of the Heaven, the money you ill be used entirely to buy food and for the relieve of the people, then ga will not be predatory business at all!”

Xu Ziling only responded with a wry s woke up from the deepest sleep he had ever had, and found out that he was still sitting cross-legged with his spine straight Not only the true qi within his body had been fully recovered, he even progressed one layer further The perception of his five senses wasup his eyes to look around, he found out that the half moon had quietly moved from the courtyard hall to the top of his head Outside the reach of the green bursting light of the ht sky was e scene

Kou Zhong picked up the Moon in the Well resting on his knees, some kind of unprecedented sensation bubbled forth wildly in his heart, as if the treasured saber has become one entity with his flesh and blood body, the blade was like obtaining new life, no longer a mere object and tool

Unable to restrain his emotions, he raised the saber and looked closely at it, while his other hand lovingly stroke the blade His entire being becale speck of dust

‘Clang!’

The Moon in the Well rose high above his head, and then swiftly hacked down, stopping level with his chest

The saber qi was like waves surging over to both sides, rolling up the dead leaves of the old Chinese scholar tree standing in the yard into the air

‘Qiang!

The Moon in the Well returned to its scabbard

“That saber still looks good!”

Kou Zhong looked at Song Que, who had just appeared on the stone steps outside the door; he spoke indifferently, “I thought Fazhu already went to bed!”

Song Que had his left hand behind his back, his right hand hanging lightly by his side, he walked down the steps s His eyes gleaht, he smiled and said, “Such a fine time, beautiful scenery like this, wouldn’t it be a pity if we -the-law [or technique] it entered into without-the-law boundary, in your heart you did not have any worry about established rules, but you still one stripe lacking froreat expert level”

Toward Song Que’s saber technique, Kou Zhong prostrated hi that, he , “May I ask Fazhu, what exactly does Xiaodi lack?”

Song Que looked up to the sky, at the ht, he slowly said, word-by-word, “Following-the-law is the earth level Without-the-law is the heaven level Without-the-law contains following-the-laithin it; following-the-law is hidden inside without-the-law – this is the highest level where the heaven, the earth and the ether to becoether, so that without-the-law is following-the-law, and following-the-laithout-the-law”

Kou Zhong pondered for half a day; finally he shook his head and said, “I still don’t understand As far as I’ the h while facing the ene to the situation, it is still based on specific law or some derivation of it Without-the-law means it is not restricted to any established rules, the moves are made as one pleases, hence it could be unconventional”

Song Que leisurely moved his left hand, which was hidden behind his back, to the front of his chest Unexpectedly there was another treasured saber inside its scabbard in his hand; ancient looking, and looked to be exceptionally heavy His hand then grabbed the hilt and slowly pulled the saber out of the scabbard, while his eyes followed the ently, “The Heaven has the heavenly law, an object has its own physical property It’s not that reason and law do not exist, but by the time you could master reason and law, it will be just like kitchen help chopping up a cow It’s not that the cow does not exist, but when it entered the kitchen, it already turned into pieces of beef After obtaining the cow, you forget that the cow exists; after obtaining the law you forget about the law Therefore, in using the saber, theis the saber intention But if it is intentional, it will leave a trace; if it is unintentional, it will be squandered The most desirable is between intentional and unintentional This creative concept, if you understand it then you understand it, if you don’t understand it then you don’t understand it Just like this saber”

The saber left the scabbard and hacked down on Kou Zhong see up an ox was a fable by ancient sage Zhuang Zhou[1], speaking about a kitchen help that was adept at scraping thethin blade that was able to enter the narrow slit between the bone and the meat, hence he was able to do it with ease

Kou Zhong was still thinking; he never expected that Song Que would hit as soon as he said he would hit, practically not giving Kou Zhong any time to ponder over it Furthermore, this saber strike was like antelope antler; not only it had no beginning, it had no end either

Suddenly the saber was already chopping in front of his face, and the saber momentum had already sealed all escape paths; there was no way he would be able to evade it The most formidable part was that he had no idea which part of his body this blade was going to chop In particular, this close to a hundred catty, plain black heavy saber, in Song Que’s hand it appeared to be as heavy as a thousand jun [1 jun = 30 catties], but it also appeared to be as light as a feather, so that he was unable to grasp its path

Just by looking at it, it already made hi hastily pulled the Moon in the Well and raised it up to block

Meeting Song Que’s saber, naturally the Moon in the Well changed direction

‘Dang!’

The two sabers clashed and stopped midair

An enormous-without-equal true qi penetrated the saber and burst into his body Kou Zhong was forced to exert the qi from all the meridians in his entire body before he was able to barely withstand the opponent’s first round of qi power

Revealing a hint of s out true qi to attack Kou Zhong, Song Que spoke indifferently, “Can Shao Shuai see the ling hard to resist Song Que’s invading qi power He felt that Song Que’s saber was getting increasingly heavier and heavier; it could crush both the saber and the person any ly said, “Within its constant state, Fazhu’s saber strike contains countless changes; it appeared to be intentional, yet also seemed to be unintentional But my block is not too bad either! Ha! It is between intentional and unintentional”

Song Que suddenly shook his wrist, he forcefully pushed Kou Zhong that he staggered three steps back The two separated

Kou Zhong cried, ‘Thank Heaven thank the earth!’ inwardly Three more steps, and his back nearly bumped into the locust tree before he was able to steady his footing, ready to deal with Song Que’s second saber strike

With the scabbard in his left hand and the saber in his right, Song Que stood in the middle of the courtyard like a deity; there was no wind, but his clothes were fluttering With delighted expression, he said, “Only the last saber strike was Song Que’s real skill; even if Ning Daoqi came in person, he would not dare to meet the strike head on, but you, unconstrained and with ease, have blocked it If you want to listen to co Que, can let you hear it: if you train a bit more, your acco Que, and you would become the Nu wryly, Kou Zhong said, “Therefore, Fazhu has already deter to co Que shook his head and said, “You are wrong Fro to the end I never wanted to kill you But if I didn’t do this, how could you h with hiswithout any letup, pressing Kou Zhong that he could not breathe

Severely shaken, Kou Zhong said, “But Fazhu, when youht losehis head back in laughter, Song Que said, “If not so, how could I force your natural talent, which was hidden beneath the surface, to come out? If you lose your life under my saber, you do not deserve to receivesaid, “Since that’s the case, why do you still act like you wantQue spoke heavily, “Do you know the na’s hand?”

Startled, Kou Zhong said, “This saberlight in Song Que’s eyes grew brighter; he spoke word-by-word, “This is the unequalled ‘Heavenly Saber’ hich Ol’ Song wander and run amuck all over the world”